MOBILE COUNTY, Alabama -- Sheriff's deputies arrested seven people on Thursday with trying to illegally purchase pseudoephedrine, an ingredient in making methamphetamine, officials said today in a news release.

Deputies made the arrests after staking out a local pharmacy, officials said. The following people were arrested:

Robert Moore Jr., 59, charged with possession of a controlled substance (crack cocaine).

John Douglas Englett, 21, charged with possession of a precursor drug.